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49% Critic Match
Follow the Leader
“TODAY'S RADIO SENSATION in His FIRST All-Talking Feature!”
4.9 / 10• 1930• 1h 16m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway show. When he kidnaps the show's star, she gets her opportunity, as the understudy, to play the role and become a star herself.
Cast & Crew
Ed Wynn
Cricket
Lead
Ginger Rogers
Mary Brennan
Stanley Smith
Jimmie Moore
Lou Holtz
Sam Platz
LK
Lida Kane
Ma Brennan
Ethel Merman
Helen King
Bobby Watson
George White
Donald Kirke
R.C. Black
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Norman Taurog's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Follow the Leader is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
